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• Auction House:
  Davidson Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & International Art
• Sale Date:
  20 Aug 2023 ~ 1pm (AEST)
• Lot #:
  22
• Lot Description:
  Rosaleen Norton
  (1917-1979)
  "The Bells"
  Coloured Pencils & Graphite
  65.5 x 47.5cm
  Signed upper right in pencil.
• Provenance:
  Australian Art Auctions, Sydney, 30th March 1992, lot 1442/144L (copy of original receipt supplied); private collection, Sydney.
• References:
  Colour plate illustration in 'The Art of Rosaleen Norton; with Poems by Gavin Greenlees,' York Beach Maine: Teitan Press, 2022 (first US softcover edition). This work redrawn by the artist in black and white for the original 1952 edition (ref. Keith Richmond, preface to the softcover edition).
• Notes:
  Exhibited (likely) Australian Art Society, 10th Annual Exhibition, Sydney 1936, cat #170 'The Bells'. Reviewed in The Bulletin 17th June 1936: "Four decorative designs by Rosaleen Norton are the most striking things in the show; Norman Lindsay's devils are outdevilled in 'The Bells' and 'The Worms of Madness'" Copies of this article and the exhibition catalogue are available.
• Estimate:
  A$6,000 - 10,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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